The Blackhawks set an NHL record by going 24 games without a
regulation loss to start the season. But their streak could very well have
ended after five games had the Red Wings scored one more goal in regulation
Jan. 27 at the United Center.

Instead, Chicago hiked its record to 6-0 – setting a club
record for consecutive victories to start a season – when Nick Leddy scored 2:15 into overtime after Detroit had tied it on
a goal by Johan Franzen 4:30 into the third period.

The Red Wings went 0-for-6 on the power play, dropping them
to 2-for-26 on the season with a manpower advantage. Meanwhile, Chicago's
penalty killers improved to 22-for-23 on the season.

The Blackhawks extended their streak of not losing in
regulation to 22 games for the season and 28 dating back to last season thanks to
Patrick Kane's power-play goal with 2:02 left in regulation March 3 Joe Louis
Arena. That tied it 1-1 and sent the game to overtime.

After a scoreless five-minute OT, the Blackhawks won a
shootout when Kane struck again for the only goal of the penalty shot
competition. Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk were stopped in the shootout
by Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford and Damien Brunner lost control of the
puck on his attempt.

Rookie Tomas Tatar scored in regulation for the Red Wings,
who got 32 saves from Jimmy Howard in falling to 10-8-4. Chicago improved its record to
19-0-3 for the season and 22-0-6 dating back to March 25, 2012.

The Red Wings were once again in position to beat the Blackhawks,
this time on April 12 at the United Center, before Jonathan Toews' 20th goal of the season tied it 2-2 with 2:57 left in regulation and sent the teams
to overtime.

Saad scored in the fifth round of the shootout to
give the Blackhawks the victory. Hossa also scored in the shootout for Chicago while
Zetterberg bagged Detroit's only goal in the shootout.

Franzen and Cory Emmerton scored for the Red Wings (19-15-7)
less than two minutes apart in the second period to give Detroit a 2-1 lead.
Viktor Stalberg scored Chicago's other goal in the first period.

Despite the setback, the Red Wings maintained their two-point
hold on the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Chicago
improved to 31-5-4 while posting its first season sweep of the Red Wings since
1976-77.